DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 5235 = DS 761, along with IC 5236, on a plate taken on 21 Aug 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa station in Peru. He noted it as "eeF, bM."

600/800mm - 30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter. Nearly attached to a mag 15.5-16 star at its west edge. A mag 9.7 star lies 2' WNW. Forms a pair with brighter IC 5236 2.3' SSE. Picked up 8.6' SE of NGC 7329.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb